Vernelle Stephenson

STEPHENSON, Vernelle



Mrs. Vernelle Blocker Stephenson, 82, of Walterboro, SC and South Florida, entered into eternal rest Saturday, August 30, 2008 at Trident Medical Center in Charleston.



Funeral services will be held 11 oclock, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at Pine Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.



Mrs. Stephenson was born June 28, 1926 in Walterboro, SC and was the daughter of the late Jefferson Fary Blocker and Gladys Hudson Blocker. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church in Walterboro and also a member of First Baptist Church of Boynton Beach, Florida. Nells love and exuberance for life was shown through her devotion to God and participation in many church and civic organizations. She saw the best in each person she met and the beauty in each form of nature. Her family loves her deeply and is honored to have been part of her life. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.



Surviving are: her husband of 62 years, Russell H. Steve Stephenson; children, Russell H. Stephenson, Jr. of Pembroke Pines, FL, Charles R. Randy Stephenson and his wife Kay Kay of Cooper City, Florida and Mandi D. Stephenson and her husband Richard Solis of Boca Raton, Florida; grandchildren, Erin, Haley, Danielle, Farrah, Zackary, Jacob and Nikole; great grandchildren, Mia, Tristan and Skye; and brother, Charles L. Blocker of Walterboro. She was preceded in death by a brother, James A. Blocker.



For those that wish, memorial messages and thoughts may be sent to the family at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.



Family and friends may call Monday evening from 6 until 8 at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOME, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro. 843.538.5408

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